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Good Friday Service
Pam Smith
Pam Smith
Friday, April 2, 2021
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Good Friday 
April 2, 2021 
7:00 pm


Hymn       Beneath the Cross of Jesus                  ELW 338

Beneath the cross of Jesus
I long to take my stand;
the shadow of a mighty rock
within a weary land,
a home within a wilderness,
a rest upon the way,
from the burning of the noontide heat
and burdens of the day.

Upon the cross of Jesus,
my eye at times can see
the very dying form of one
who suffered there for me.
And from my contrite heart, with tears,
two wonders I confess:
the wonder of his glorious love
and my unworthiness.

I take, O cross, your shadow
for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than
the sunshine of his face;
content to let the world go by,
to know no gain nor loss,
my sinful self my only shame,
my glory all, the cross.

Call to Worship

Who would have believed what we just heard?
When was the Lord’s power revealed through him?
He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil;

He had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention,
no special appearance that we should want to follow him.
He was despised and rejected by people,
one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness;

People hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.

Hymn       Lamb of God, Pure and Sinless       ELW 357

Lamb of God, pure and sinless,
once on the cross an off'ring,
patient, lowly, guiltless,
forsaken in your suff'ring:
from sin's grasp you have torn us,
from gloom to hope have borne us.
Grant us your mercy, O Jesus.

Lamb of God, pure and sinless,
once on the cross an off'ring,
patient, lowly, guiltless,
forsaken in your suff'ring:
from sin's grasp you have torn us,
from gloom to hope have borne us.
Grant us your mercy, O Jesus.

Lamb of God, pure and sinless,
once on the cross an off'ring,
patient, lowly, guiltless,
forsaken in your suff'ring:
from sin's grasp you have torn us,
from gloom to hope have borne us.
Your peace be with us, O Jesus. Amen.

Prayer of the Day
Let us pray.
Almighty God, look with loving mercy on your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, to be given over to the hands of sinners, and to suffer death on the cross; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

Hymn        Jesus I Will Ponder Now  (vs 1 & 2)     ELW 345 

Jesus, I will ponder now
on your holy passion;
let your Spirit now endow
me for meditation.
Grant that I in love and faith
may the image cherish
of your suff'ring, pain, and death,
that I may not perish.

Make me see your great distress,
anguish, and affliction,
bonds and blows and wretchedness
and your crucifixion;
make me see how scourge and rod,
spear and nails, did wound you,
how you died for those, O God,
who with thorns had crowned you.

The Seven Last Words of Jesus

First Word     Luke 23:33-34    Kristen Storms 

When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

Meditation

Second Word      Luke 23:39-43    Mark Thomsen

One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!" But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."

Meditation

Third Word     John 1:25-27    Rickey Cotton

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, he took her into his home.

Meditation

Hymn     O Sacred Head Now Wounded  (verses 1 and 2)     ELW 351

O sacred head, now wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down,
now scornfully surrounded
with thorns, thine only crown;
O sacred head, what glory,
what bliss till now was thine!
Yet, though despised and gory,
I joy to call thee mine.

How pale thou art with anguish,
with sore abuse and scorn;
how does thy face now languish,
which once was bright as morn!
Thy grief and bitter passion
were all for sinners' gain;
mine, mine was the transgression,
but thine the deadly pain.

Fourth Word     Mark 15:33-34    Naomi Thomsen

At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Meditation

Hymn     O Sacred Head Now Wounded  (verses 3 and 4)    ELW 351 

What language shall I borrow
to thank thee, dearest friend,
for this thy dying sorrow,
thy pity without end?
Oh, make me thine forever,
and should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never
outlive my love to thee.

Lord, be my consolation;
shield me when I must die;
remind me of thy passion
when my last hour draws nigh.
These eyes, new faith receiving,
from thee shall never move;
for all who die believing
die safely in thy love.

Fifth Word     John 19:28    George Braatz

Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."

Meditation

Sixth Word     John 19:29-30    Carla McGee 

A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Meditation

Hymn     Ah, Holy Jesus     ELW 349

Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended
that we to judge thee have in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by thine own rejected,
O most afflicted.

Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee.
'Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee;
I crucified thee.

Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave hath sinned, and the Son hath suffered;
for our atonement, while we nothing heeded,
God interceded.

For me, kind Jesus, was thine incarnation,
thy mortal sorrow, and thy life's oblation;
thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion,
for my salvation.

Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay thee,
I do adore thee, and will ever pray thee;
think on thy pity and thy love unswerving,
not my deserving.

Seventh Word    Luke 23:46    Pastor Smith

Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last.

Meditation

Presentation of the Cross

    A cross is placed before the assembly.

Behold the life-giving cross,
on which was hung the Savior of the whole world.
Oh, come, let us worship him.

Behold the life-giving cross,
on which was hung the Savior of the whole world.
Oh, come, let us worship him.

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

If we have died with him, we shall also live with him;
if we endure, we shall also reign with him.
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you
because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven,
   hallowed be thy name,
   thy kingdom come,
   thy will be done,
      on earth as it is in heaven.
   Give us this day our daily bread;
   and forgive us our trespasses,
      as we forgive those
      who trespass against us;
   and lead us not into temptation,
       but deliver us from evil.
   For thine is the kingdom,
       and the power, and the glory,
       forever and ever. Amen

Hymn   Were You There?     ELW 353

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble,
tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble,
tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble,
tremble.
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?

Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble,
tremble.
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?

Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble,
tremble.
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?

    Silence


Readers
  Kristen Storms 
  Mark Thomsen 
  Rickey Cotton 
  Naomi Thomsen 
  George Braatz 
  Carla McGee 
  Pastor Pam Smith

Vocalists
  Harold Wright 
  Naomi Thomsen 
  Riley King 
  Kaitlyn King 
  Emily King

Instrumentalists
  David Cannistraci 
  Marty Lewis


Beneath the Cross of Jesus, Text: Elizabeth C. Clephane, 1830-1869, Music: Frederick C. Maker, 1844-1927.  Public domain.

Lamb of God, Pure and Sinless, Text: Nikolaus Decius, 1485-1550; tr. composite, Text © 1978, 1999 Augsburg Fortress. Reprinted and/or streamed with permission under OneLicense #A-722274.  All rights reserved.  Music: Nikolaus Decius, Public domain.

Jesus I Will Ponder NowText: Sigismund von Birken, 1626-1681; tr. August Crull, 1846-1923, alt.  Music: Melchior Vulpius, 1570-1615.  Public domain.

O Sacred Head Now Wounded, Text: Paul Gerhardt, 1607–1676, based on Arnulf of Louvain, d. 1250; tr. composite, Music: German melody, c. 1500; adapt. Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612; arr. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750. Public domain.<'/small>

Ah, Holy Jesus, Text: Johann Heermann, 1585-1647; tr. Robert Bridges, 1844-1930, alt., Music: Johann Crüger, 1598-1662.  Public domain.

Were You There?, Text and Music: African American spiritual, arr.© 1999 Augsburg Fortress, Reprinted and/or streamed with permission under OneLicense #A-722274.  All rights reserved.l